Used commercial vehicles in the GVW 3-8 categories had a very strong Q4 in 2015. Sales were up 176,000 units – 14.3% above the same period in 2014. Used vehicles made up 50.7% of total commercial vehicle sales transactions during that time. Strong used truck transactions during the fourth quarter pushed used transactions for the full calendar year to 755,109 units, the second best calendar year total since IHS started keeping these records in 2005.

One of the problems for manufacturers, dealers, and consumers with the Takata airbag recall is confusion over which vehicles are actually affected. Of course, for many of us, our particular interest in the issue relates to how it will affect the pricing of used vehicles. One issue with the potential to have a major impact on the used vehicle market are the stop-sell directives being issued to their franchised dealers by OEMs.

CARFAX now has a partnership with AutoHook, Powered by Urban Science, which offers car shoppers visiting Carfax.com extra incentives from select dealers to visit their showrooms for a test drive. The partnership includes the integration of AutoHook’s incentive solutions into the vehicle details pages of Carfax Used Car Listings. The program is currently available to AutoHook customers that also are Carfax Advantage Dealers with Used Car Listings.

Certified pre-owned vehicle sales returned to a strong postion last month with the best February on record. That followed a fairly slow start for the year. There were 211,482 CPO sales in February, which beat February 2015 by 7.1% and January sales figures by 10.8 percent, Autodata said. Fiat Chrysler Automobiles reached an all-time high in its CPO sales, Autodata said.